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[Letter from Fredric A. Weiss to SAMC Board - August 20, 1980] (open access)

[Letter from Fredric A. Weiss to SAMC Board - August 20, 1980]

Letter from Fredric a. Weiss to the San Antonio Media Center (SAMC) board. The letter reads as a summary of activities which have taken place with an organization of high school students interested in careers in the media. He discusses bake sales, television programs, and other activities they have performed.
Date: August 20, 1980
Creator: Weiss, Fredric A.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Organizations United for Eastside Development Press Conference Announcement] (open access)

[Organizations United for Eastside Development Press Conference Announcement]

Announcement for a press conference held by the Organizations United for Eastside Development (OUED). A short paragraph explains that the conference is being held to clarify the OUED's position on the Ku Klux Klan and their racist activities.
Date: April 1980
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mario Marcel Salas to Executive Committee - January 3, 1980] (open access)

[Letter from Mario Marcel Salas to Executive Committee - January 3, 1980]

Letter from Mario Marcel Salas of Organizations United for Eastside Development (OUED) to an executive committee. He discusses an anti-Ku Klux Klan march in the works; its potential benefits and drawbacks; and its organizer, Antonio Cabral, who has antagonized other civil rights organizations, including the OUED.
Date: January 3, 1980
Creator: Salas, Mario Marcel
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[OUED Press Statements on Murder Cases] (open access)

[OUED Press Statements on Murder Cases]

Press statements released by Organizations United for Eastside Development. They discuss the murders of Arthur McDuffy, Webb Boyd, Bobby Jo Phillips, and Hector SantosCoy. Both statements are strongly worded pieces against police brutality and a broken penal system that targets racial minorities.
Date: 1980-12-28/1981-01-17
Creator: Organizations United for Eastside Development
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[OUED Press Statement on CASA Conflict] (open access)

[OUED Press Statement on CASA Conflict]

Press statement released by Organizations United for Eastside Development (OUED) over recent actions by Citizens Active in San Antonio (CASA). In a strongly worded statement, OUED voices their discontent with CASA efforts to cut public housing funds as one of their many efforts to prevent the growing presence of minorities.
Date: March 31, 1980
Creator: Organizations United for Eastside Development
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Serge Mukendi to Mario Marcel Salas - October 30, 1980] (open access)

[Letter from Serge Mukendi to Mario Marcel Salas - October 30, 1980]

Letter from Serge Mukendi, United States Representative of the Congolese National Liberation Front, to Mario Marcel Salas, officer of Organizations United for Eastside Development (OUED). The letter is a follow-up from a previous request to know more about Mr. Mukendi's organization.
Date: October 30, 1980
Creator: Mukendi, Serge
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Organizations United for Eastside Development Meeting Minutes - March 1980] (open access)

[Organizations United for Eastside Development Meeting Minutes - March 1980]

March 1980 minutes for a meeting of the Organizations United for Eastside Development executive committee. A detailed account of the meeting follows, including an account of who spoke and issues brought up.
Date: March 1980
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[O.U.E.D. Regular Meeting Minutes - March 25, 1980] (open access)

[O.U.E.D. Regular Meeting Minutes - March 25, 1980]

Minutes for a March 1980 regular meeting of Organizations United for Eastside Development (OUED). Included in the descriptive text is mention of speakers - Mario Salas and John Sanders among them - and updates on projects that the organization took on.
Date: March 25, 1980
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[O.U.E.D. Executive Meeting Minutes - January 15, 1980] (open access)

[O.U.E.D. Executive Meeting Minutes - January 15, 1980]

Minutes for a January 1980 executive meeting of Organizations United for Eastside Development (OUED). Included in the descriptive account of the meeting is discussion on a march against the Ku Klux Klan, various speakers, as well as a number of clerical issues.
Date: January 15, 1980
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[O.U.E.D. Executive Committee Meeting Minutes - March 4, 1980] (open access)

[O.U.E.D. Executive Committee Meeting Minutes - March 4, 1980]

Minutes for a March 1980 executive committee meeting of the Organizations United for Eastside Development (OUED). Included in the descriptive text are briefings of various projects the organization is concerned with - primarily issues of race and discrimination in the San Antonio community.
Date: March 4, 1980
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Robert Samuel to Sterling Houston - 1980] (open access)

[Letter from Robert Samuel to Sterling Houston - 1980]

Letter from Robert Samuel to, presumably, Sterling Houston, prominent San Antonio playwright. Robert (Bob) writes about when he will be back in San Antonio, and that he hopes to see his friend once there. He will stay with friends. Letter has been written on the back of a card which references both the Robert Samuel Gallery and Tom of Finland, famed artist and icon of gay culture.
Date: 1980
Creator: Samuel, Robert
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Lijauco Bayanihan Dancers]

Photograph of the Lijauco Bayanihan Dance Ensemble performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The dance team, from Laredo, Texas, wears long yellow dresses with white aprons and hats. Each barefoot woman extends one arm in the air as the other trails by her side.
Date: [1980-07-31..1980-08-03]
Creator: Informedia
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Sugaring Demonstration]

Photograph of a sugaring demonstration at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, a young boy is holding the stirrups of a horse as he guides him around the sugar cane mill. The horse turns the turbine which powers the mill, squeezing the juices out of the many cane poles. A crowd of festival participants watches the demonstration from behind the horse and child.
Date: [1980-07-31..1980-08-03]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Child Hugging a Doll]

Photograph of a child hugging a doll at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The child wears a pair of overalls as he holds a cloth doll as tall as he is. A booth of handmade dolls is visible in the background.
Date: [1980-07-31..1980-08-03]
Creator: Informedia
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Feather-Plucking Demonstration]

Photograph of children watching a goose-plucking demonstration at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Three young boys lean over a goose in Madeline Witteben's lap. She deftly removes its' feathers for the children to watch.
Date: [1980-07-31..1980-08-03]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Goose-Plucking Demonstration]

Photograph of children watching a goose-plucking demonstration at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Three young boys leave over a goose in Madeline Witteben's lap. She deftly removes its' feathers for the children to watch.
Date: [1980-07-31..1980-08-03]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Sarah McLain Teaching Wool Carding]

Photograph of Sarah McLain showing a festival participant how to card wool at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Sarah wears a sleeveless short underneath a patterned apron. She leans over the visitor as she pulls the wool back and forth preparing it to be spun into wool yarn.
Date: [1980-07-31..1980-08-03]
Creator: Informedia
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Boot-Maker, Catherine Wood]

Photograph of Catherino Wood making a pair of boots at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Catherino wears a short-sleeved shirt and cargo shorts as she drives a nail into the sole of a boot with a hammer. Her workstation is covered with tools relating to boot-making, including leathers, dyes, and boot forms.
Date: [1980-07-31..1980-08-03]
Creator: Informedia
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Frank Hendricks Demonstrating Engraving]

Photograph of Frank Hendricks engraving a gun at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Frank wears a striped shirt, jeans, and a leather belt as he leans over the engraving machine, delicately working on a piece of metal to demonstrate the technique for festival participants.
Date: [1980-07-31..1980-08-03]
Creator: Informedia
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Frank Hendricks Demonstrating Gun Engraving]

Photograph of Frank Hendricks displaying his skills at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Frank wears a striped shirt and jeans as he holds the barrel of an intricately engraved gun. He stands behind his workstation beneath a canopied area of the festival.
Date: [1980-07-31..1980-08-03]
Creator: Informedia
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Chester Knight Using a Treadle Lathe]

Photograph of Chester Knight demonstrating how to use the treadle lathe at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. A man, girl, and boy watch Chester turn the knob of the machine to create cylindrical curves in wood.
Date: [1980-07-31..1980-08-03]
Creator: Informedia
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Toymaker Mike Mosel]

Photograph of Mike Mosel building a toy at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. He wears a suede hat with leather trim, a collared shirt, and an apron. He holds a small mallet in his hand, gently tapping a wooden peg into place.
Date: [1980-07-31..1980-08-03]
Creator: Informedia
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Mike Mosel Building Toys]

Photograph of Mike Mosel building a toy at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. He wears a suede hat with leather trim, a collared shirt, and an apron. He holds the finished toy in his hand, demonstrating how the handmade joints move.
Date: [1980-07-31..1980-08-03]
Creator: Informedia
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cowboy Beans at the Chuck Wagon]

Photograph of a man preparing cowboy beans at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. He stands in a grassy area surrounded by small scrub trees, stirring a huge pot of beans with a large wooden stick. The man wears a cowboy hat and a long-sleeve collared shirt, tucked into jeans.
Date: [1980-07-31..1980-08-03]
Creator: Informedia
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History